The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
2:34 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.80° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.51° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.